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Sean “Diddy” Combs Acquitted of Racketeering and Sex Trafficking but Convicted on Two Prostitution Counts

Combs remains detained without bail pending his October sentencing.

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Overview

  • After 13 hours of deliberations over three days, jurors returned a split verdict on all five federal counts.
  • Each transportation-to-prostitution conviction carries up to 10 years in prison, which could be ordered to run consecutively for a total of 20 years.
  • Combs’s request for release was denied and he continues to be held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
  • Sentencing is tentatively scheduled for October, though his defense team is seeking an earlier hearing date.
  • Prosecutors built their case over seven weeks with testimony from 34 witnesses and hotel surveillance footage depicting drug-fueled “freak-off” parties.